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God Will Provide

Lately, I have been approached by many sisters who are in a season of intense struggle—the mountains they are facing seem insurmountable.  I immediately went to the Father to seek His perspective on what I’d heard, and I asked for words of encouragement and instruction for my sisters.  A few of them shared that they feel as if they are just being tossed around in a storm.  I had to sit with that for a moment because I know that feeling—the one where so much is going on but you can’t seem to get a handle on anything.  You wonder, “Do I have enough?  Am I enough?  What am I supposed to do now?  How will this need be met?”  Have you ever asked the Lord any of these questions?  I have talked to so many sisters who are in dire need of the Lord to move on their behalf right now. 

As I was reading last night, God pointed out this Scripture to me:  So they all ate and were filled. (Mark 6:42 NKJV)  I read it over and over and waited for the Lord to speak.  “Tell them, ‘I have heard your cry.  I have much more than enough to meet all of your needs.'”   Sisters, God has the capacity to take care of all of us.  Don’t lose hope because you have been waiting for so long for God to move.  (And know that there is no need to become envious when it doesn’t seem like it’s your turn yet.)

And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd.  So He began to teach them many things.   When the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late.  Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.”

But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”

But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”

And when they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”  (Mark 6:34-38 NKJV)

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God’s Got You!

God’s got you!  Look, I know that is not grammatically correct, but I need you to really understand that today:  God’s got you right where you are!

God has been speaking to me about supernatural provision and His ability to take care of His children.  Surprisingly, He didn’t send me to Exodus with Moses and the children of Israel or to Elijah and the widow in 1 Kings.  He sent me to a passage that seemed odd at first, and I wondered, “What does this have to do with what You have given me, Lord?” 

But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples.  Judas walked over to Jesus to greet him with a kiss.  But Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!”  And one of them struck at the high priest’s slave, slashing off his right ear.

But Jesus said, “No more of this.” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.  Luke 22:47-51(NLT)

First of all, let me give you some context here.  This passage describes for us the moment Jesus is betrayed and arrested.  Judas, one of Jesus’ own disciples, led a crowd that included soldiers and temple guards to capture Him.  They carried blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons as they arrived at the olive grove looking for Jesus.  Judas walked over to Jesus and kissed Him to identify the Man they were seeking, and chaos ensued.  The disciples were ready to throw down to defend Jesus.  Peter even drew his sword and cut off the ear of the high priest’s servant, Malchus.  But Jesus shut it all down, and He healed the man’s ear.  He didn’t condemn the soldiers.  He didn’t yell at Judas.  He didn’t run away.  Before willingly allowing the soldiers to take Him, He performed a miracle and healed Malchus—a man who was there with the crowd to arrest Him.  Even when it seemed as if the enemy was winning, Jesus stopped everything and showed us Who He really is.